"O what is it about having one's own Babe upon one's Hip that makes a Woman wish to go home to her Mother? A Desire to say: 'Look, the Circle is compleat'? A Desire to say: 'Look, I have cross'd the Divide and now am more like you'? A Desire to say: 'Look, this Babe I offer you is my most precious Gift'?"

-- Erica Jong

#Mother Quotes #Home Quotes #Circles Quotes

“A lot of weird ads. Sally Struthers with that little kid: 'Just 55 cents, the price of a cup of coffee, feeds this kid and his family for a week.' Yeah, where is that? 'Cause I wanna move there.”
“I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.”
“Your soul existed before your birth, your soul will exist after your death.”

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“Say a miracle happened and you could pull stars from the sky. Even if that happened there's no way I would give up a game for you.”
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
“Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
“Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.”
“Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die.”

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